Hi, kids. Welcome to this year’s installment of The Great Read-a-Thon! This is a reading competition where adult ass men and women battle with each other to see who can read the most books in a single calendar year for guts, glory, and bragging rights.
Last year, we opened up the 2016 Great Read-a-Thon to several people (22 counts as several, right?) and we had great results - many people read more than they thought they would (and some even wrote about it!), egged on by their competitive spirit! Ultimately, that’s the goal, right? We wanted to do that again, but this time, we have a form to fill out that will make managing all the participants a bit easier.
Using the form is simple. Select your name from the name multiple choice menu (or enter in your name if it’s your first book and you’re registering to compete) and input the following information:
- Book Title
- Book Author
- Date Finished
- OPTIONAL: Rate the book you read on a 1 to 5 scale.
Then, click submit. The information is sent to us and we’ll update the sheet for the month. This makes it much easier for us to track and it also gives us a chance to give you, the readers, a little bit of book data at the end of the year. Who doesn’t love some statistics and a possible colored chart?
RULES, RULES, RULES
In any competition, we need a few ground rules. Here’s what’s up for 2017:
1. The entire book must be read. That means no individual chapters, no partial plays, no individual short stories, and definitely no academic papers. We would like the focus to be on reading this year, so we will also not be counting graphic novels or comic books.
2. Young adult fiction counts, but children’s books do not. If it’s aimed for people over 12 and it’s more than 150 pages, you’re good.
3. You can re-read books, but you can’t have read that book in the last 5 years.
4. All participants must have indicated their interest by January 15th, 2017.
1. The entire book must be read. That means no individual chapters, no partial plays, no individual short stories, and definitely no academic papers. We would like the focus to be on reading this year, so we will also not be counting graphic novels or comic books.
2. Young adult fiction counts, but children’s books do not. If it’s aimed for people over 12 and it’s more than 150 pages, you’re good.
3. You can re-read books, but you can’t have read that book in the last 5 years.
4. All participants must have indicated their interest by January 15th, 2017.
5. All participants should fill out the form by the 5th of the following month for each individual book read. This means all your January books need to be entered in the form by February 5th so we can update the blog page.
6. To sign up, you just need to log your first book on the form by February 5th, 2017. Once you have one book recorded, we’ll add you to the tally section on this page and update the form with your name so you can select it!
Annndddd. . .that’s it! Have fun, read voraciously, and may the odds be ever in your favor. But mostly in our favor because we’re writing this.
Love,
Ariana and Kristen
2017 Great Read-a-Thon Participants and Tallies (Last Updated 4/30/17)
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| Book Title | Author Name | Date Finished | Optional: Rate Your Read |
| Travels with Charley | John Steinbeck | 1/9/2017 | 2 |
| Spud | John van de Ruit | 1/11/2017 | 4 |
| Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert Heinlein | 1/19/2017 | 4 |
| North River | Pete Hamill | 1/30/2017 | 4 |
| Crescent | Diana Abu-Jaber | 2/11/2017 | 4 |
| The Dirty Life | Kristin Kimball | 2/18/2017 | 5 |
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | William Kamkwamba | 2/27/2017 | 3 |
| The Year of Pleasures | Elizabeth Berg | 3/4/2017 | 4 |
| Ali and Nino | Kurban Said | 3/12/2017 | 4 |
| Chicano | Richard Vasquez | 3/31/2017 | 3 |
| The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | Junot Diaz | 4/21/2017 | 3 |
Ariana (10) [Check me out on Goodreads!]
| Book Title | Author Name | Date Finished | Optional: Rate Your Read |
| The Secret Life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd | 1/1/2017 | 3 |
| Wild Mama | Carrie Visintainer | 1/2/2017 | 5 |
| The Man With the Big Red Balloon | Garrett Baldwin | 1/3/2017 | 5 |
| Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | 1/5/2017 | 4 |
| Throne of Glass | Sarah Maas | 1/6/2017 | 3 |
| Crown of Midnight | Sarah Maas | 1/10/2017 | 3 |
| Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan | 3/11/2017 | 4 |
| China Rich Girlfriend | Kevin Kwan | 3/13/2017 | 3 |
| Rich People Problems | Kevin Kwan | 3/22/2017 | 3 |
| The Beginning of Everything | Robyn Schneider | 4/16/2017 | 2 |
Jen C. (6)
| Book Title | Author Name | Date Finished | Optional: Rate Your Read |
| The Story of Your Life and others | Ted Chiang | 2/6/2017 | 4 |
| The Dead Do Not Improve | Jay Caspian Kang | 2/16/2017 | 3 |
| The Moor's Account | Laila Lalami | 3/5/2017 | 4 |
| A Cook's Tour: In Seach of the Perfect Meal | Anthony Bourdain | 3/23/2017 | 3 |
| The Girls | Emma Cline | 4/11/2017 | 3 |
| Sarong Party Girls | Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan | 4/18/2017 | 3 |
Sam H. (14)
| Book Title | Author Name | Date Finished | Optional: Rate Your Read |
| Safe haven | Nicholas sparks | 1/2/2017 | 4 |
| Cuckoos calling | Robert galbraith | 2/2/2017 | 4 |
| Murder in time | Julie mcelwain | 2/13/2017 | 4 |
| Things we have in common | Tasha kavanagh | 2/15/2017 | 2 |
| Death takes a ride | Lorena mccourtney | 2/16/2017 | 3 |
| The sillworm | Robert gailbraith | 3/3/2017 | 4 |
| Career of evil | Robert galbraith | 3/10/2017 | 4 |
| The life we bury | Allen Eskens | 3/12/2017 | 3 |
| Big little lies | Liane Moriarty | 3/19/2017 | 4 |
| The widow | Fiona Barton | 3/23/2017 | 3 |
| A doubters almanac | Ethan canin | 3/30/2017 | 5 |
| The woman in Cabin 10 | Ruth Ware | 4/1/2017 | 4 |
| The vanishing year | Kate Moretti | 4/23/2017 | 4 |
| The couple next door | Shari lapena | 4/28/2017 | 3 |
Stephan C. (6)
| Book Title | Author Name | Date Finished | Optional: Rate Your Read |
| The Magician's Land | Lev Grossman | 1/3/2017 | 4 |
| Saving Fish from Drowning | Amy Tan | 1/19/2017 | 3 |
| Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | 2/22/2017 | 4 |
| The Best Travelers' Tales 2004 | Edited by James O'Reilly, Larry habegger, and Sean O'Reilly | 2/24/2017 | 3 |
| Trigger Warning | Neil Gaiman | 4/8/2017 | 3 |
| Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | 4/11/2017 | 3 |
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